The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-28
DIAMOND DORIS.
THE Nashvilles are in town.

LADIEs:will,be admitted free.
sPALBINa is trying to sell pitcher
Flynn.
The grounds will be in fine .condi.
ton today.
KELLY willi:occupy the points for
Nashville.
Our cold" Hogan,,..wlll be in right
field for Nashville.
BLACK and McKeough will be the
battery for Memphis.
TwITcHELL Is the champion bstting
pitcher of the League.
CLEVELAND has been trying to sign
Soc Quest, the umpire.
CHICAGO has won ten out Of the last
eleven games played.
SULLIVAN, the Chicago left fielder,
has family OF five children.
WISE leads the Bostons In base run
ming and Burdock in batting.
The Philadelphia are carrying more
men than any other club in the league.
BKHAN is playing second base in ex-
cellent style for the Columbus (0)
club.
CINCINNATI has won i've out OF the
eight games played with the cham
pion Browns.
The st. Louis papers say Baltimore
IL no longer the monumental cisy, but
plain Rowdyville. ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON BRADLEY
looks younger than ever. He still
covers the third bag.
IT Is said that Tony Mullsne lost
$1,000 in the Fidelity Bank failure In
Cincinnati the other day.
BIRMINGHAM has signed FIVE new
players. Among them is Hillery, for.
merly Of the Nsshvillss. 3
CAYLoR Is strict In his discipline.
He fined E,terbrook 5000 the other
day for refusing to play in a game.
WHEN the Louisvilles tackle Gin.
cinnati they pay ball. The boys from
the Falls City take kindly to pork.
PI1TsBURa and Washington are
pretty evenly matched snd are having
hard wrestle for sixth place In the
league race.
KELLY, Boston's $4,000 beauty, was
dined, winsd, lowered and watched
in Chicago. Still the "only KEEL"
made costly errors.
The New Orleans States says: The
Nashville papers are already prepar-
ing to eat crow. They fear Memphis
will knock their pet team out, q
HARRY WRIaHT is experiencing
more trouble this year with the Phila.
delphias than he has had with any
team in his extensive experience.
TIP O'NRILL, Of the St. Louis
Browns, leads not only the chem
plons, but the Lssgue and Association
in his batting. He is hitting with
wonderful skill this year.
THE Baltimores claim TO be Grip.
pied in the pitchers box. Knouff's
arm Is gone, Smiths is sore, Kilroy is
doctoring his, wolfe shreve has a dis
taste to facing heavy batters.
The two first basemsn of the South.
ern Lesgue most In demand are Wally
Andrews, OF Memphis, and Cartwright,
OF New Orleans; and neither can be
bought, at present at least.-NeV Or.
leans States.
THE Southern League depends on
Al Sphinx, OF this city, to keep them
supplied with umpires, Recently he
sent them Schroeder, and yesterday,
in response to telegram, sent them
another, named John Z. Brennan.
The latter reports at Nash vile today
St. Louis Republican.
DEACON WHITE, the veteran player
of the Detroit club, will be made q
regular catcher since Shindle sup
planted him at third base. While
made his reputation long ago as a
catcher for the Cincinnati, Boston aud
Chicago clubs. He practic 90 daily,
AID is said to throw TO bases in splen.
did shape.
WHILE John L. Sullivan was UNI.
pirlnR q game Of ball at New Haven
the other day, foul tip struck him
square between the eyes, but he paid
no attention TO 1t, although 1t was q
corker, and would have knocked the
average umpire silly. Some one asked
him II IL didn't hurt him. mot Bit"
said John. THAT was only sort OF
Kilrain crack, you see," and then
everybody yelled. e.,
TIE st. Louis Browns, on the last
day OF the series with Cincinnati, had
q "bob.tailed, splay. paved ecru dog"
as mascot. Latham brought him on
the field and allowed him to run at
large, but the Oincinnatis saw the
Browns and went them one better.
The Reds mascot was large black
dog, and in response to the Cincin-
natis' cries to Sick him" he ran the
Browns poor mascot of the grounds.